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In June 2023, we started an important project in Peru to handle climate risks and improve farming in Cajamarca, Lambayeque, and La Libertad. Backed by BHA/USAID, this two-year project focuses on making communities and local governments stronger in facing natural hazards. 

COP 28 is the biggest opportunity of the year for the world to come together and address the climate crisis. Find out why it matters, what you should look out for, what decisions need to be made and why Practical Action are going to be there.

A new study estimates that in 2023 around 454 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and the Indo-Pacific are living in extreme poverty.

Purnima Rani Biswas, a farmer in Satkhira, Bangladesh, has faced the devastating impact of rising sea levels on her crops. With the help of Practical Action, she has learned to construct elevated dykes, transforming her farming practice and securing her family's livelihood against catastrophic floods.

Thousands of people on the frontline of the climate crisis in West Africa are set to benefit from a £200,000 grant awarded to improve and strengthen the resilience of the communities in Senegal and Niger.

In the flood-prone region of Shyamnagar, Bangladesh, Archana Rani and her family are using vermicomposting to overcome the challenges caused by climate-driven floods...

Practical Action staff are working hard to establish the impact of a major earthquake on farmers they are working with in Nepal.

For the Small is Beautiful 50th anniversary, we spoke to Practical Action employees to get their view on the book.

Sanitation Workers Awards Acknowledged Practical Action's Bangladesh Contributions